is for life. The lifetime national membership fee is $35.00. Individual chapters often collect additional money from each initiate to use for their own chapter programs. The initiation fee is the only payment members ever make to the national office of the honor society. There are no annual dues. Governance Pi Sigma Alpha is governed by an elected Executive Council, which acts as its board of directors. The Council includes the President, the President-elect, the three most recent past presidents, the Executive Director, the Newsletter Editor, and twelve other members at large. Six of these are elected every two years to serve four-year terms. Members of the Council are almost always faculty of recognized distinction in the field of political science, or of proven leadership to the honor society. Elections take place in even numbered years at the Biennial Business Meeting of the honor society. Programs Pi Sigma Alpha has programs to benefit its student members and their chapters, and the profession of political science. Programs for chapters and members include an annual Chapter Activity Grants competition, Best Undergraduate Student Paper and Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis awards, Scholarships for Graduate Study in Political Science, Scholarship for Washington Internships, Best Chapter awards, and Chapter Advisor Recognition awards. The organization hosts a national undergraduate research conference each year in Washington, DC. For the profession of political science, Pi Sigma Alpha sponsors major speakers at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the several regional and state political science associations, and provides Best Paper awards for the APSA Annual Meeting and the regional political science association annual meetings. It also co-sponsors APSA's annual awards for teachers of political science in higher education. Publications Pi Sigma Alpha publishes Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics twice per year. It is hosted by the Sigma Upsilon chapter at Elon University. Headquarters Pi Sigma Alpha National Office 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 References External links Official website American Political Science Association Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal ACHS Pi Sigma Alpha entry Pi Sigma Alpha chapter list at ACHS African American Political Scientists Oral History Project: Pi Sigma Alpha - American Political Science Association Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries Student organizations established in 1920 Association of College Honor Societies Honor societies Political science organizations 1920 establishments in Texas